American Pale Ale Da Yooper's House Pale Ale

[jonmohno]

Mmm. Having one of these now,I used Ivanhoe on my batch. Its over a year old now. And pretty good still. Ill be brewing this again,once I start brewing again with another hop. The malts are definatly showing most definatley now.Almost like an amber now,but the finish tells you no,its not an amber.

 

[gcdowd]

Finally tapped this and poured my first pint. Delicious! Great beer!

 

[boxofjibboo]

Brewed this up yesterday. I did a 5.5 batch and hit 1.052. Accidentally did 15 and 10 min hop additions instead of 10 and 5. Should still be great though! Really looking forward to this one. Thanks Yooper for the recipe!

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

Brewing this today with a mix of Cascade and Falconers Flight. Making it for a work picnic. I chose to go with regular pale, not Marris. Think tht will make much of a difference? I know MO is a whole different malt, but I hope the 2-Row goes fine with the other malts. Cant wait to try it, and thanks Yooper for a great looking recipe!

 

[bxtzd3]

holy good night irean. I hit 1.059 And 14.5 bx on this brew. first time I'm up over 1.040. can't wait.

 

[uknowwh00]

I kept the grain Bill the same and doubled the hop additions with some experimental lemon drop hops from hop shack. Very pleased with the results. Im Personally Not too impressed with the lemon drop hops tho. But it was worth the experiment. Great recipe!

 

[ronjonacron]

Picked up ingredients for this today, going to add 1/4 oz of citra at 15,10,5,0.

And then dry hop an oz.

Ill probly drop the 30 minute addition to keep the ibus in the 35-40 range.

 

[ronjonacron]

ok, so i brewed this up today. With a few minor changes.

I had 1/2 lb flaked wheat laying around so i tossed that in there in hopes to get some good head, giggity. also, my hop additions were 60 min 1OZ cascade and then .25 ozs each of cascade and citra at 15, 10, 5, 0. i have an oz of each left to dry hop with. yay!

RonJon

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

Sooo....made this beer using Falconers Flight and Cascade. Equal parts, 1/2 and 1/2 as the orginal recipe states. Adedd a little more of each here and there. Took it to a work party today and people LOVED IT!! Came out with almost an apricot flavor. People actually asked if it had fruit in it. I wish I had time to dry hop it but I didnt. Enough hops to where it was still "pale ale" but a decent amount of citrus and stone fruit flavors. Not sure if it was the yeast and esters or the hops. But it was damn good.

Thanks again for a killer recipe!!! Will be making this again for sure!

 

[BrewinBromanite]

I've had this one on deck for far too long. About to order the goods for an Oct. 5th brew-day. Can't wait to taste the final result!

 

[ronjonacron]

Fermentation looks done on mine as of this morning. Ill check my gravity today or tomorrow and if its where it should be ill start my 6 day dry hop.

 

[ronjonacron]

Checked my gravity today 1.010 right what i was hoping for. Hydrometer sample tasted incredible. Dumped in an oz of citra and 1\4 oz of cascade (thought i had more than that.) Ill probly bottle this next tuesday giving it 6 days of dry hop.

Honestly this brew wouldve been fine without the dry hop, but i had em, so i dumped em in, and tuesday is the next chance ill have to bottle anyways.

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Brewed this one up last night side by side with different pale ale, both 1st attempts at AG. Samples smelled and tasted great! Will be dry-hopping in 3 wks.

Brew-day took a lite longer than usual, with a few minor hiccups for first go at AG. Nothing that couldn't be easily troubleshooted with quick home-brewer thinking. Ended up mistakenly overshooting intended pre-boil water volumes into BK by about a gallon. By end of boil, still had an extra half gallon than we needed, but just went with it. Even with that, still ended up with OG of 1.060, which bro-in-law and I were very happy about getting great efficiency. (First time we've mashed more than 7 lbs).

Can't wait to taste final product! Thanks Yooper for the recipe!

 

[johngaltsmotor]

I did a 10.5g batch of this on Sunday (swapping in some homegrown Zeus to personalize it). Got 85% (expecting 75%) so I turned it into 12gal instead. I tossed into onto the S-05 yeast cake from an IIPA and within 2 hours she was rocking. It looked and smelled great so it has the potential to turn out as great as everyone in this thread says it is.

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

Anyone try Mosaic in this? Probably going to try Mosaic with Cascade. Primarily Mosaic as I have never used it before.

 

[winvarin]

Anyone try Mosaic in this? Probably going to try Mosaic with Cascade. Primarily Mosaic as I have never used it before.

This malt bill will support just about any mix of American hops you throw at it. I've made it a couple of times with only Falconer's Flight. It's a great recipe

 

[SFGiantsFan925]

This malt bill will support just about any mix of American hops you throw at it. I've made it a couple of times with only Falconer's Flight. It's a great recipe

The last time I made it I used Falconers Flight and it was incredible. Just never really tried Mosaic. But it seems like it should be fine. Ill let ya know how it goes!

 

[bxtzd3]

This just fished up. Have it in a party pig at 53 degrees for a cask ale. Very goid and 6.5%abv

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Just dry hopped this. Smells freaking delicious. Bottle next week, then a grueling 2-3 week wait.

 

[NewkyBrown]

This will be my next brew. I have a couple of ounces of cascade but a ton of centennial. Would a mix work well if I adjusted for the ibu difference? Thanks.

 

[dangerpony]

brewing this today. I only have 2 lbs of vienna so I tossed in an extra pound of mo. I also threw in .5lb of wheat that I had lying around. also didn't have and crystal 60l so Im using 40l.

 

[ronjonacron]

My citra / cascade version with this grain bill came out amazing!! Unless im looking for something really dry and clean, this will likely be my baseline for any pale ale or ipa.

 

[FermentusMaximus]

My citra / cascade version with this grain bill came out amazing!! Unless im looking for something really dry and clean, this will likely be my baseline for any pale ale or ipa.

What was your hop schedule? I have over a pound each of citra and cascade. I need to start using it.

 

[ronjonacron]

What was your hop schedule? I have over a pound each of citra and cascade. I need to start using it.

pulled up my notes and hop schedule looks like this

Boil Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 oz Cascade [6.50 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 7 20.7 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 8 -
0.25 oz Citra [12.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 10 4.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Cascade [6.50 %] - Boil 15.0 min Hop 9 2.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Cascade [6.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 11 1.9 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.50 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 12 3.6 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 14 2.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Cascade [6.50 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 13 1.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Citra [12.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 16 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Cascade [6.50 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 15 0.0 IBUs

I also dry hopped an ounce of the citra and 1/2 ounce of cascade.

It's definately mango / tropical in the nose, the citra certainly takes the forefront.

Beersmith has IBUs listed at 36.7. Hope you enjoy!

Side note, check your AA%. (IIRC) Mine were a full point higher on the default than what was listed on both of my hops.

Edit - FWIW, i used denny's fav 50 (WYeast 1450) on this also.

 

[FermentusMaximus]

Thanks for posting the info. Going to give it a shot in the near future.

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Bottled this yesterday. It was so good bro-in-law and I chilled one and drank in the evening. First brew to be that good un-carbed!

This was first time all-grain as well (after several successful large PM's). Other firsts - full boil, and temp-controlled fermenting chamber. Did a 1.5L starter with WLP007 (love this yeast), mashed at 154, fermented at 64 for 2 weeks, bumped to 69 and dry-hopped for the 3rd week.

Slightly modified the recipe - extra half pound each of MO and Munich, and crystal was cut in half (1/4 oz of each), and also replaced flameout addition with 1 oz of cascade for hop-stand at 170 deg for 45 min.

We got this baby to 7% ABV (completely unexpected!). Apparently our BIAB / batch sparging yields pretty good efficiency...something to account for next time I suppose. All in all, not a bad problem to have. The alcohol is a little warm right into the bottles, but the malt-forward grain bill and a good amount of hops blend so perfectly together that it tastes very balanced. Now the 2-3 week wait to try them fully carbed. Not sure if this came out quite the same per original specs (especially per the slight recipe mods), but thanks Yoop for a delicious recipe!!

 

[dobe12]

Brewed this yesterday. Swapped out the c20 & c60 for 1lb of c40 because it's what I had. Went with citra the whole way. Very excited to try this! Thanks for posting.

 

[bhanson]

Brewing this one for the first time today. Mashed at 153 with about a one degree drop over 45 minutes. Pre-boil gravity pegged Beersmith's prediction of 1.046. Using all homegrown cascade, so we'll see where the bitterness ends up. My dried cascade 2013 crop has a bit of a grassy aroma to it in the bag, but as soon as the boil started that went away.

 

[BrewinBromanite]

Today marks 2 wks of bottle conditioning. Delicious!

 

[johngaltsmotor]

I made a 12g batch for my annual UM-OSU football party and it's likely to be the highlight of the day. The game might not be noteworthy, but this is one heck of a good beer. Now if I can avoid drinking it so it lasts until the party...